The Fellowship of the Hand
“Rubbing the sleep from his eyes and reaching for the contact pupils he wore, Crader was aware of a hum of activity that seemed foreign to the place.
“It’s raining up above.”
“Is that all?”
“Jason says it never rains here, at least not this much. It’s a regular cloudburst and he’s afraid it’ll fill the lake bottom and flood us.”
He rolled out of the narrow spring bed and stood up. “Strange. Sounds as if Climate Control may have bungled. Where’s your husband?”
“Gone to greet Stanley Ambrose. You’...re to meet them in Jason’s office.”
He felt a hollow growling deep inside him. “What about breakfast?”
“They only serve capsule meals here. I guess that will have to do us.”
“I suppose so,” Crader grumbled, resigning himself to it.
He dressed quickly and met Masha at the little dining area. He was too old for things like capsule meals, but he supposed he would survive a single day of it. As they headed down the corridor toward Blunt’s office, he saw white-suited technicians operating a water pump along a wall where moisture was beginning to seep in.MoreLess
“It’s raining up above.”
“Is that all?”
“Jason says it never rains here, at least not this much. It’s a regular cloudburst and he’s afraid it’ll fill the lake bottom and flood us.”
He rolled out of the narrow spring bed and stood up. “Strange. Sounds as if Climate Control may have bungled. Where’s your husband?”
“Gone to greet Stanley Ambrose. You’...re to meet them in Jason’s office.”
He felt a hollow growling deep inside him. “What about breakfast?”
“They only serve capsule meals here. I guess that will have to do us.”
“I suppose so,” Crader grumbled, resigning himself to it.
He dressed quickly and met Masha at the little dining area. He was too old for things like capsule meals, but he supposed he would survive a single day of it. As they headed down the corridor toward Blunt’s office, he saw white-suited technicians operating a water pump along a wall where moisture was beginning to seep in.MoreLess
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